Job Description

At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.

Whats the role?

As a technical, hands-on Test Engineering Manager you have an opportunity to lead a hardworking and diverse group of QA Engineers and to guide (and participate) in the manual and automation testing of various web-based projects. These projects are coordinated over various systems and include external financial account linking tools (think Mint and Personal Capital), budgeting, login/registration, and investments systems. You will work with the Director of Test Engineering and manage a team with an already established testing process that you are encouraged to evolve/grow as you build out your team. Your role will be that of a full-stack Manager - a strong, hardworking leader of people who is a skilled test engineer with previous experience implementing automated testing solutions.

Your general milestones for the first year are the following:

* Within the first three weeks, be able to jump head-first into an ongoing project and ask the appropriate questions / do the appropriate research to construct your own presentable testing strategy for up to 3 ongoing projects.

* Within one month, meet with all development and product leads to understand roadmap. Present a list of goals you plan to implement over the course of next 6 months.

* Within two months, understand the basics of node.js and our automation framework (written in node.js) to the point in which you can supply basic automation tests. Discuss high-level functionality and infrastructure of an entire website. You should understand all basic user flows and how the technology behind it works.

* Within three months, demonstrate that you have effectively led and provided accurate test coverage for at least one project from inception to delivery.

* Within seven months, demonstrate that you were able to execute on the list of process improvements/goals/hiring plans that you proposed 6 months prior.

Bring Your Best! What this role needs:

* Plan, develop, and execute test strategy across multiple projects in close collaboration with the product and engineering teams.

* Lead all aspects of the development and execution of test plans and supervising and reporting on test execution.

* Conduct and participate in test plan reviews, requirement reviews, test code reviews, and other QA activities.

* Ensure that scenarios fully exercise every aspect of the product.

* Run automation roadmap for the customer website projects.

* We lead the metrics for project success. Define, measure and report on these metrics. We make decisions based on data.

* We recruit and lead technical talent, both highly technical and an effective people manager.

* Lead ambiguity and energize the team to stay focused on short term and long-term goals.

Desirable skills for this role:

* 10+ years of experience in the Software development industry.

* 5+ years of hands-on testing experience.

* Experience as a manager of a Quality Assurance teams.

* Proven understanding of QA methodology and tools, with proven QA experience in an SDET or QAE role.

* Strong experience in testing and debugging web applications and back-end services.

* Hands-on experience with test planning, test designing and execution, performance and stress testing, implementing and maintaining quality test automation of both client and server systems.

* Strong project management skills, preferably within an agile development environment and continuous integration.

* Strong interpersonal skills, ability to conduct multiple test executions simultaneously and synthesize the results.

* Proficiency in performing various types of API testing (functional, contract, integration, performance, etc.).

* Experience in JS, Python, Java or equivalent programming language.

* Experience working with Selenium WebDriver based frameworks (preferably webdriver.io).

* Travel requirements up to 10% to Milwaukee office (depending on business need).

Preferred Qualifications:

* BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent.

* Experience working in a startup environment.

* Experience with JavaScript based automation frameworks (examples: WebdriverIO, NightwatchJS, Mocha, etc.).

* Experience with load and performance testing (preferably K6)

Benefits:

* Tons of room for career growth. Youre on the ground floor and the team will be growing - leadership positions are there for the taking if you show the desire.

* Highly technical and hardworking fellow test engineers. We care a lot about what we do and are very active in local meetups and love new insights.

* Highly competitive salary

* Flexible work schedules

* Employee tuition reimbursement

* Career and leadership development programs

* Life and disability income insurance

* Competitive health insurance with flexible spending accounts

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This job is not covered by the existing Collective Bargaining Agreement.

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